Posted on 03/29/2005 7:05:45 AM PST by dead
Boxing Day was the day after Christmas, the day you gave the servants a Christmas bonus, tipped the mailman, etc.
So if the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day, is the day after Easter called Boxing Helena Day?
See #41. Your powers of detection seem to be slipping -- Jane Marple should know!
explain please...25 cm is about 10 inches, how does that translate to an 11 foot wave.
Earlier today there were reports only of tsunamis running to 25cms high
The key word there is “earlier,” before any reports came in from remote Simeuleu Island.
This is a later report, stating that a three-metre-high (10 foot) tsunami struck Simeuleu Island.
10" in open water, slows down and builds to 10' as it hits shore.
ping
NO, the report of the 10' wave was made after its discovery from a poorly-monitored region; it was extremely localized.
There is another Limey-ism in this story, in addition to Boxing Day.
"The seismologist declined to punt on what would happen next"
In North America, the slang use of "punt" is to quit on something, "uh oh, time to punt"
With these Brits and ex-colonists, "punt" means bet, wager, throw a few bob on, etc.
explain please...25 cm is about 10 inches, how does that translate to an 11 foot wave
>>>Kyoto and Agence France-Presse news agencies reported.
Kyodo!
at least when I went to grade school....circa 1960's....the teachers( nuns mostly) gave us the most all-encompassing type of education.....
we learned culture and literature and history and facts about almost every country or religion in the world....
so terms like "Boxing Day" were not unheard of....
I fear that subsequent generations are not being taught about the world, its history, its various religion, its traditions, its music, beyond today's rap crap or metal junk....
Maybe the old way of teaching didn't officially make "diversity" an object, but isn't it funny how most people middle-age and older seem to know and understand more about the world and its customs than today's youth.....despite their supposedly top-notch educations with the world's richest teachers....
(I'm surprised I seem to be the only one who remembers Boxing Day from M*A*S*H the TV show...hehe)
No need, you already did that April 15th.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... Hey, what the heck am I laughing at? ;)
Well, actually I did know, but I wanted to make sure my memory wasn't in error. I am babysitting three grandchildren today so I can get a bit distracted. :-)
They should change their name from Sinabang to Sinhasconsequences.
Go get 'em Devil Dogs!!
The British Empire was actually quite large, refereed to as the Commonwealth, so you run into a lot of British holidays etc around the world. There are 53 countries of the Commonwealth, of which 44 are currently Commonwealth Foundation members.
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji Islands
The Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia
A nine foot wave is just good surfing. No one should get hurt by the break on this one.
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